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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9416
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/philippines

EP expresses concern at rise in politically motivated killings

Strasbourg, 27/04/2007 (Agence Europe) - Unanimously adopting a resolution on Thursday on the Philippines, the European Parliament expressed grave concern at the growing number of politically motivated killings in the country, as well as the general human rights situation. The local human rights organisation Karapatan has recorded 180 forced disappearances and over 800 killings, most of them by unidentified gunmen, since 2001. Most of those killed, such as opposition party leaders, church...

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